Flight 93

With its hills covered with corn and freshly cut hay and dotted with neat white houses and well-maintained stables Stonycreek Township could be almost any rural community in America.

In fact, in a quiet, picturesque town nestled on the plains of Somerset County Laurel Highlands of the Allegheny Mountains, it seems as if it were taken directly from the Norman Rockwell painting.

But Rockwellian vision was broken September 11, 2001.

It was that day, not long after the world watched in horror as terrorists led by the aircraft crashed into the twin towers of World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, DC, that terror literally fallen from the sky and township residents patios.

Just after 10 am, Flight 93, a jetliner bound for San Francisco from Newark, New Jersey, crashed in an empty field two miles from the town of Shanksville, killing all 44 passengers of the aircraft and crew.

Later it was learned that four of these passengers were terrorists who have taken control of the machine, and has been programmed the autopilot to fly the system in Washington, DC, probably by the fall of the U.S. Capitol.

Flight 93 was only 20 minutes from its target when it crashed.

It was also learned that passengers on the plane had developed a plan to thwart the efforts of terrorists. By putting this plan into action for the sounds of his action could be heard on the cockpit voice recorder.

Revolt thrown into a small hole of light covered the day, chaos, tragedy and terror.

After two weeks of recovery and investigation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Stonycreek Township people came to honor the passengers and crew of Flight 93. The National Park Service finally took control of the site, leaving aside the land that is now part of the Flight 93 Memorial.

Yesterday, the monument is dedicated. Today memorial service celebrating the 10 anniversary of the fall of Flight 93

Until this weekend, passengers and crew of Flight 93 temporary memorial honored with on-site, was the last, which runs along the edge of a pit overlooking the area where the plane crashed . Exhibition space containing wall posters explaining 9 / 11, Flight 93 timeline of the day, personal information about passengers and crew members and the development of the permanent memorial was installed in a building of corrugated steel that was once part of a mining company operation.

The building was also a small display in the exhibition are some 40 000 Momentos who remained at work, including tickets, the police department and fire company patch, license plates, firefighter helmets, porcelain angels, and flags American. Visitors will be able to write comments on pieces of paper and attach them to the wall reserved for this purpose.

A message that said: "Hilda - Mom, I hope that all is well in heaven I'll see you soon love, Betty and Ray, 08/05/11 ..."

Mancin Hilda, 79, was a passenger on Flight 93. Her daughter and son are Betty and Ray Kemmerer.

Another message, signed and written by the hand of a child, reading simply: "You have been brave You will always be remembered .."

This monument was closed for the last time 04:00 on Friday, the Park Service has opened a permanent memorial next to the field where Flight 93 crashed.

The permanent memorial to be completed in phases, includes a new entrance and access road, a road that rings the land involved in the memorial, a protected walkway where visitors can interact with the Service personnel park or leave momento honor of Flight 93, a memorial area where visitors can visit the crash site and 8 foot high panels of white marble with the names of passengers and crew of the aircraft.

The panels create a wall that marks the path of Flight 93 when it crashed in the area, according to Park Service Site Manager Jeff Reinbold. A 17-ton block of sandstone marks the point of impact.

Future phases include the construction of a visitor center, learning center and 40 groves of trees - one for each person killed in the accident. At the entrance is a commemorative tower 93 meters high voices, containing 40 wind chimes symbolizing high wind and heard the plane before it crashed.

The public is prohibited from entering the crash site because it is regarded as the final resting place for passengers and crew of Flight 93, Reinbold said. Family members of all the victims of Flight 93 were identified remains recovered from the scene of the accident, but it was impossible to recover all the remains, Reinbold said.

Somerset County Coroner has ordered the area is covered by soil and to declare the final resting place, he said.

"We treat this as a cemetery," said Reinbold.

According to Reinbold, the design of the monument was designed to blend into the landscape of the region and offer visitors a place of quiet reflection.